Alex Rodriguez is being challenged once again by New York Yankees' team officials, according to ESPN. This time, team president Randy Levine is challenging Rodriguez to release his medical records after the third baseman's lawyer said the team misled Rodriguez in attempts to keep him off the field.

A New York Times article Saturday detailed Rodriguez's new lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, saying Levine told Dr Bryan Kelly, the doctor who performed hip surgery on Rodriguez in January, he didn't "ever want to see him on the field again."

Tacopina said Levine wanted Dr. Kelly to make sure Rodriguez could not return from the surgery so the Yankees could collect insurance on the $114 million remaining on Rodriguez's contract before the start of the 2013 season.

"The obvious implication there is if the surgery is not successful, I'm good with that," Tacopina said. "Anyone with a brain can understand the implication of that. It was something that troubled Dr. Kelly so much that he decided to relay it to Alex Rodriguez, his patient."

According to Tacopina, Dr. Kelly infuriated Levine again when he announced the sluggers second hip surgery was unrelated to Rodriguez's admittance to using performance-enhancing drugs. Tacopina said Levine wanted to use the deterioration of A-Rod's hip because of the PEDs as a means to get out of the remainder of Rodriguez's contract.

"That's nonsense," Levine said of all the allegations. "You can't even respond to a thing like that."

With Rodriguez's permission, the team would release all of his medical record back to his first hip surgery in March 2009.

"If he really believes that, he should file a grievance for the release of all his medical records," Levine said. "We're willing to release all of them. All he has to do is say yes and we'll release them all for everyone to see."

The exception to "all" of Rodriguez's medical records coming from the team is the treatments from Dr. Anthony Galea. Galea pleaded guilty to illegally bringing drugs, including HGH, to the United States in 2011. He served a year of jail time for the crime and faces similar charges in Canada.

"The only records we don't have are the ones of Alex's treatment by Dr. (Anthony) Galea. They were unauthorized by the club, but now that he's put his medical condition into question, he should put everything out there."

Tacopina said he has proof of his claims in the form of emails between Levine and Rodriguez.

"He has either forgotten what he has written or he has sense of bravado that is something that is going to come back and make him look very foolish," Tacopina said. "I'm not going to go into what is in those emails. ... I assure you that Randy Levine does not want these emails released because they are not fitting of the president of the New York Yankees."

Levine responded by saying he was willing to release all of his emails between he and Rodriguez.

"They will show that I've been one of Alex's biggest supporters," he said. "Everything I did was to help him to be a leader, better player and a better person."

Rodriguez has yet to answer the question of whether he used PEDs or not. Both Rodriguez and Tacopina have not answered the question citing the confidentiality clause of his upcoming hearing with MLB arbitrator Frederic Horowitz.

Because of that, Levine has called this allegation a smokescreen thrown up to help Rodriguez avoid answer the question of whether he really used PEDs or not.

"It's quite surprising that now Alex needs a new layer to put out reckless, specious and false allegations that only distract from the only relevant question here, the one he refuses to answer: Did he or did he not use performance-enhancing drugs?" Levine said.

Tacopina also said the Yankees withheld MRI results last year that showed Rodriguez should not have been on the field during the postseason, one in which he went 3-for-25 with 12 strikeouts.

"All of our treatments of Alex were of the highest caliber and based on his own choices," said Levine, who added the Yankees also would release transcripts of all phone calls between Rodriguez, the team and its doctors.

Tacopina replied to Levine's comment by saying, "I'm anxious to meet them in court. I really am. Randy Levine [says,] 'If we continue, all parties will be held accountable.' I'm going to mark his words. I will be more than thrilled to be held accountable for exposing him for what he is and for some of the statements he made. If I say that I have something, I have something. If I say I have emails that are damning, I have emails that are damning. If I say that Dr. Kelly was told something, I have evidence that Dr. Kelly was told something. He'll see who has the last laugh."

Rodriguez is hitting .279 this season with 10 strikeouts in 49 plate appearances through Saturday's loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.